'Costa' definitions:
Definition of 'costa'
(from WordNet)
noun
A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
noun
Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) [syn: rib, costa]
Definition of 'Costa'
From: GCIDE
- Costa \Cos"ta\ (k[o^]s"t[.a]), n. [L., rib. See Coast.]
- 1. (Anat.) A rib of an animal or a human being. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) (a) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect. (b) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals. [1913 Webster]